At the time of his death, hip-hop legend Tupac Shakur was hungry for revolution, and his passion for change could be seen in every interview and performance he ever gave.
In one 1992 interview that was recently released by MTV, Tupac shared
his revolutionary views on society, politics, racism and poverty. He
also took the opportunity to call out Trump, by name, and spoke against
the gluttonpeasants in this country are taught to emulate and respect this type of behavior.
ous behavior of the ruling class. He went on to describe how
the
“Everybody is taught at school if you want to be successful, you want to be like Trump, it’s all gimme gimme gimme, crush crush crush,
“ he said in the interview.
While speaking of poverty, Tupac never called for government action
or intervention but instead suggested that people should be decent human
beings, offer their goodwill, and care for their neighbors.
“Now America is dressed up in jewels, they paid and they lending
money to everybody except for us. Everybody need a little help on they
way to being self-reliant. No independent person was born and just grew
up independent. You worked and you learned teamwork and cooperation and
unity and struggle and then you became independent. We have to teach
that and instill that,” he said.
He also spoke of racism, and how it is time for people of all colors
and ethnicities to come together, lift one another up, and fight against
their collective oppression.
Tupac’s words and actions caused a lot of controversy during his short life, especially in 1993 when he shot two police officers and was not charged. It was found that the officers were drunk and instigated a violent confrontation.
Tupac was killed only a few years after this interview was made. The
world will never know the ultimate impact that Tupac would have played
in society had he survived. Would he have led a revolution, become a
teacher to the masses, continued making albums, or all of the above?
Unfortunately, all we can do is guess. At least we have a back
catalog of interviews and albums to reference when looking for some
inspiration from one of the most talented artists in modern times.
Below is the prophetic and rare footage of Tupac Shakur.
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